Taleban toy with the idea of drone war

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This toy helicopter had been rigged with explosive cordTimes photographer, Jeremy Kelly

Jeremy KellyKabul

Published at 12:01AM, September 20 2012

The Taleban have dragged the world’s most technologically advanced army into a
stalemate on the ground in Afghanistan with little more than fertiliser
bombs and detonator cord.

Now in an attempt take their insurgency into the Nato-dominated skies, they
have begun to develop their own budget range of aerial drones.

Without the support of defence contractors such as McDonnell Douglas or BAE
Systems, the insurgents have instead turned to toyshops across the border in
Pakistan to develop their remote controlled aerial vehicles.

For months coalition forces have picked-up chatter from Taleban commanders
discussing their desire to rig remote-control helicopters or